Mapping Tools
What tools would an ancient cartographer need?
What is a compass, sextant, or proportional compass
List one of the five regions
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1. Americas
2. Asia
3. Europe
4. Oceania
5. Africa
What is the definition of equator?
What is an imaginary line at 0° latitude that divides the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere
What is something we can do to celebrate Earth Day?
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1. Reduce, reuse, recycle
2. Clean up garbage
3. Plant a tree
Which direction do the Prime Meridian and longitude lines run?
What is North and South (or vertical)
Why were old maps often inaccurate or distorted?
What is cartographers had little technology to help them
Which region has the largest population?
What is Asia
What is the definition of geography?
What is the study of features on Earth's surface
What is one reason we should care about Earth Day?
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1. To keep our planet beautiful
2. To help animals stay safe
3. To raise environmental crisis awareness
The four cardinal directions are North, South, East, West. How would you list the other four directions made up of the cardinal directions?
What is listing North or South first, and then East or West
What is a primary tool of a modern cartographer?
What is satellites
If you were to travel to 0 degrees latitude and 0 degrees longitude, which region would end near?
What is Africa
What is the definition of absolute latitude?
What is the precise point where a place is located on Earth
What year was Earth Day founded?
What is 1970
What is the relative location of our classroom?
What is in the 7th/8th grade hallway between science and social studies classrooms
Using the wall map, what are the approximate degrees of latitude and longitude for Columbus, Ohio?
What are 40 degrees North latitude and 83 degrees West longitude
Which region has the smallest population?
What is Oceania
What is the definition of latitude?
What are imaginary lines that measure how far north or south a place is on Earth
What are natural limited resources?
What are resources the Earth provides and will eventually run out of
Examples: fresh water and fossil fuels
What is the smallest country in the world?
What is Vatican City
What is one reason maps change?
1. Borders have changed
2. Land changes hands
3. Names of land have changed
Which region is 8.3% of the Earth's total surface, and includes bodies of water like the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico?
What is the Americas
What is the definition of geoscheme?
What is a system that divides the world into geographic regions
Who founded Earth Day?
Who is US Senator Nelson from Wisconsin
According to our notes, we learned that Africa has more countries than the US has states. How many countries does Africa have?
What is 54